![[image]](/images/mediatype_image.gif) | Expanded Central View of M51
This Chandra image has been processed to show the X-rays emitted from SN 1994I. The blast wave from the supernova explosion is interacting with the surrounding circumstellar medium giving X-ray emission which is still visible, thanks to the high sensitivity of Chandra, seven years after the explosion. Scale: Image is 1.5 arcmin across by 1.6 arcmin. (Credit: NASA/CXC/UMd./A.Wilson et al.)
Keywords: Where -- M51
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| Whirlpool Galaxy (M51): A Classic Beauty - X-ray: NASA/CXC/Wesleyan Univ./R.Kilgard et al; UV: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Optical: NASA/ESA/S. Beckwith & Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ Univ. of AZ/R. Kennicutt
Color code: X-ray (purple); Ultraviolet (blue); Optical (green); Infrared (red)
Keywords: Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51
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| Spitzer Infrared Image of Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
infrared image from Spitzer also reveals stars and the glow from clouds of interstellar dust. The dust consists mainly of a variety of carbon-based organic molecules. The Spitzer image is a four-color composite of invisible light, showing emissions from wavelengths of 3.6 microns (blue), 4.5 microns (green), 5.8 microns (orange) and 8.0 microns (red). These wavelengths are roughly 10 times longer than those seen by the human eye...
Keywords: Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51
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![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) Animations
Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) Animations
Keywords: Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51
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| Wide-Field View of M51
This Chandra image of M51 shows the X-ray emission around the centers of both NGC 5194 (lower right) and NGC 5195 (upper left). In addition, there are 84 X-ray sources within the boundary of NGC 5194. The number of luminous X-ray sources is much larger than normal spiral and elliptical galaxies and similar to galaxies experiencing starburst activity. Scale: Image is 10 arcmin across by 11.6 arcmin...
Keywords: Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194
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| Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) Radio Image
Chandra's X-ray image (see #1 above) highlights the energetic central regions of the two interacting galaxies that are collectively called the Whirlpool Galaxy. A large number of point-like X-ray sources due to black holes and neutron stars can be seen. Extending to the north and south of the bright nucleus are clouds of multimilliondegree gas. The similarity of these features with ones observed at radio wavelengths, such as in the Very Large Array image shown here, suggests that the gas is heat...
Keywords: What -- Very Large Array; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51
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| Four-Panel of M101, M83, M51, & NGC 4697
Chandra observations of the spiral galaxies M101, M83, M51, and NGC 4697 have revealed a possible new class of X-ray sources. These mysterious X-ray sources are called "quasisoft" sources because they have a temperature in the range of one to four million degrees Celsius. (Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/R.DiStefano et al.)
Keywords: Where -- M101; Where -- M83; Where -- M51
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| Chandra X-ray Image of M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) - NASA/CXC/SAO/R.DiStefano et al.
This X-ray image of M51 was observed on June 20, 2000 for 4 hours with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS). Chandra observations of this spiral galaxy and 3 other nearby galaxies have revealed a possible new class of X-ray sources. These mysterious X-ray sources, marked with green diamonds in the version on the left, are called "quasisoft" sources because they have a temperature in the range of one to four million degrees Celsius...
Keywords: What -- Spectrometer; Where -- M51; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy
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| Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) Infrared Image
This infrared image comes from the European Space Agency's Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) which operated from 1995-1998. Mid-infrared light is well-suited to studying star formation and tracing dust in spiral galaxies. This image shows the galaxy cores and spiral arms, and also nicely illustrates the knots of star formation occurring in the arms of M51. Scale: Image is 8.8 arcmin across by 11 arcmin...
Keywords: What -- ISO; Where -- M51; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy
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| Multipanel Images of Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
A composite image of M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, shows a majestic spiral galaxy. Chandra finds point-like X-ray sources (purple) that are black holes and neutron stars in binary star systems, along with a diffuse glow of hot gas. Data from Hubble (green) and Spitzer (red) both highlight long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust. A view of M51 with GALEX shows hot, young stars that produce lots of ultraviolet energy (blue)...
Keywords: What -- GALEX; Where -- M51; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy
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| Chandra X-ray Image of Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
Chandra's image highlights the energetic central regions of the two interacting galaxies that are collectively called the Whirlpool Galaxy. A large number of point-like X-ray sources due to black holes and neutron stars can also be seen. Extending to the north and south of the central region of the larger galaxy, NGC 5194, are clouds of multimillion degree gas that are thought to be heated by high-velocity jets produced near a supermassive black hole in the nucleus of the galaxy...
Keywords: Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- M51
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| Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) Animations - X-ray (NASA/CXC/Wesleyan Univ./R. Kilgard); UV (NASA/JPL-Caltech); Optical (NASA/ESA/S. Beckwith & The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)); IR (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona/R. Kennicutt)
Tour of M51. MPEG Hubble's image of M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, shows the majestic spiral arms that are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust. The infrared image from Spitzer also reveals stars and the glow from clouds of interstellar dust. The dust consists mainly of a variety of carbon-based organic molecules. An image from the GALEX mission gives the view of M51 in ultraviolet light...
Keywords: What -- GALEX; Where -- M51; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy
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| Hubble Optical Image of Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
Hubble's image of M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, shows the majestic spiral arms that are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust. This galaxy, also called NGC 5194, is having a close encounter with a nearby companion galaxy, NGC 5195, just off the upper edge of this image. The companion's gravitational influence is triggering star formation in the Whirlpool, as seen by the numerous clusters of bright, young stars (red)...
Keywords: Where -- M51; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- NGC 5195
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| Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) NOAO Image
This image of M51 was taken with the NOAO Mosaic CCD camera on the National Science Foundation's 0.9-meter telescope located at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, AZ. M51 consists of the large spiral galaxy NGC 5194 and its smaller companion NGC 5195. M51 is about 30 million light years away and over 65,000 light-years in diameter. Scale: Image is 8.8 arcmin across by 11 arcmin. (Credit: NOAO/AURA/NSF/T.A.Rector & M.Ramirez)
Keywords: Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- NGC 5195; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy
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| Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) HST Image
The Whirlpool galaxy, M51, has been studied extensively in a range of wavelengths, by large ground- and space-based observatories. The Hubble composite image of the inner region shows visible starlight as well as light from the emission of glowing hydrogen, which is associated with the most luminous young stars in the spiral arms. Scale: Image is 3.6 arcmin across by 4.4 arcmin. (Credit: NASA/AURA/STScI/Hubble Heritage Team)
Keywords: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51
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| GALEX Ultraviolet Image of Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
This image of the spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51) was taken by GALEX on June 19th and 20th 2003. This picture is a combination of GALEX images taken with the FUV (colored blue) and NUV detectors (colored red). M51 has a close companion galaxy to the North that is only just visible in the NUV detector and so looks faint and red in this image. This indicates that there is very little star formation occurring in the companion galaxy...
Keywords: What -- GALEX; Where -- M51; Where -- Milky Way Galaxy; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy
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| Seeing Red - NASA
This image by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a dramatic view of the spiral galaxy M51, dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy. Seen in near-infrared light, most of the starlight has been removed, revealing the Whirlpool's skeletal dust structure. This new image is the sharpest view of the dense dust in M51. The narrow lanes of dust revealed by Hubble reflect the galaxy's moniker, the Whirlpool Galaxy, as if they were swirling toward the galaxy's core...
Keywords: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); Where -- M51; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy
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| M51 Hubble Remix - NASA
The 51st entry in Charles Messier's famous catalog is perhaps the original spiral nebula--a large galaxy with a well defined spiral structure also cataloged as NGC 5194. Over 60,000 light-years across, M51's spiral arms and dust lanes clearly sweep in front of its companion galaxy, NGC 5195. Image data from the Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys was reprocessed to produce this alternative portrait of the well-known interacting galaxy pair...
Keywords: What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Canes Venatici; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- NGC 5195; Where -- M51
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| Hubble Pinpoints Doomed Star that Explodes as Supernova - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: SN 2005cs in M51 Object Description: Supernova Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.85s Dec. +47° 10' 36.3" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 27 million light-years (8.3 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 3 arcseconds (400 light-years or 120 parsecs) wide. About the Data Pre-supernova data Post-supernova data Data Description: The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposal 10452: S...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); Where -- M51; Where -- Arizona; Where -- California
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| NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Resolves a Dark "x" Across the Nucleus of M51 - *Credit:* H. Ford (JHU/STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]), the Faint Object Spectrograph IDT, and NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ]
*Description*: This image of the core of the nearby spiral galaxy M51, taken with the Wide Field Planetary camera (in PC mode) on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, shows a striking , dark "X" silhouetted across the galaxy's nucleus. The "X" is due to absorption by dust and marks the exact position of a black hole which may have a mass equivalent to one-million stars like the sun. The darkest bar may be an edge-on dust ring which is 100 light-years in diameter...
Keywords: M51; Whirlpool Galaxy; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Sun; What -- Earth; What -- Beam; What -- Discovery; Where -- M51
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| Hubble Pinpoints Doomed Star that Explodes as Supernova - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: SN 2005cs in M51 Object Description: Supernova Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.85s Dec. +47° 10' 36.3" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 27 million light-years (8.3 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 3 arcseconds (400 light-years or 120 parsecs) wide. About the Data Pre-supernova data Post-supernova data Data Description: The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposal 10452: S...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); Where -- M51; Where -- Arizona; Where -- California
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| Hubble Pinpoints Doomed Star that Explodes as Supernova - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: SN 2005cs in M51 Object Description: Supernova Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.85s Dec. +47° 10' 36.3" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 27 million light-years (8.3 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 3 arcseconds (400 light-years or 120 parsecs) wide. About the Data Pre-supernova data Post-supernova data Data Description: The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposal 10452: S...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); Where -- M51; Where -- Arizona; Where -- California
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| First Peek at Spitzer's Legacy: Mysterious Whirlpool Galaxy - NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Kennicutt (Univ. of Arizona)/DSS
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured these infrared images of the "Whirlpool Galaxy," revealing strange structures bridging the gaps between the dust-rich spiral arms, and tracing the dust, gas and stellar populations in both the bright spiral galaxy and its companion. The Spitzer image is a four-color composite of invisible light, showing emissions from wavelengths of 3.6 microns (blue), 4.5 microns (green), 5.8 microns (orange) and 8.0 microns (red)...
Keywords: What -- Spitzer Space Telescope; What -- Visible Light; What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- NGC 5195; Where -- Pierre
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| Visible-Infrared Whirlpool - NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC-Caltech)
This animation transitions from the more familiar visible light image of the "Whirlpool Galaxy" to the dramatic new view captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Revealed are strange structures bridging the gaps between the dust-rich spiral arms, and tracing the dust, gas and stellar populations in both the bright spiral galaxy and its companion. The visible light image comes from the Kitt Peak National Observatory 2.1m telescope, and is a four-color composite showing light from 0.4 to 0.7 mi...
Keywords: What -- Visible Light; What -- Spitzer Space Telescope; What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- NGC 5195; Where -- Pierre
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 9.6 arcminutes (87,000 light-years or 27,000 parsecs) wide. About the Data Note: High level science products (combined and mosaiced fits files for each filter) are av...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 9.6 arcminutes (87,000 light-years or 27,000 parsecs) wide. About the Data Note: High level science products (combined and mosaiced fits files for each filter) are av...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 9.6 arcminutes (87,000 light-years or 27,000 parsecs) wide. About the Data Note: High level science products (combined and mosaiced fits files for each filter) are av...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 9.6 arcminutes (87,000 light-years or 27,000 parsecs) wide. About the Data Note: High level science products (combined and mosaiced fits files for each filter) are av...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 9.6 arcminutes (87,000 light-years or 27,000 parsecs) wide. About the Data Note: High level science products (combined and mosaiced fits files for each filter) are av...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| The Birth of Stars - NASA
The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most detailed view of star birth in the graceful, curving arms of the nearby spiral galaxy M83. Nicknamed the Southern Pinwheel, M83 is undergoing more rapid star formation than our own Milky Way galaxy, especially in its nucleus. The sharp 'eye' of the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) has captured hundreds of young star clusters, ancient swarms of globular star clusters, and hundr...
Keywords: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Constellation; What -- Hydra; What -- Earth; Where -- M83; Where -- Milky Way Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- Virginia
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 9.6 arcminutes (87,000 light-years or 27,000 parsecs) wide. About the Data Note: High level science products (combined and mosaiced fits files for each filter) are av...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 9.6 arcminutes (87,000 light-years or 27,000 parsecs) wide. About the Data Note: High level science products (combined and mosaiced fits files for each filter) are av...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 9.6 arcminutes (87,000 light-years or 27,000 parsecs) wide. About the Data Note: High level science products (combined and mosaiced fits files for each filter) are av...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 9.6 arcminutes (87,000 light-years or 27,000 parsecs) wide. About the Data Note: High level science products (combined and mosaiced fits files for each filter) are av...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 9.6 arcminutes (87,000 light-years or 27,000 parsecs) wide. About the Data Note: High level science products (combined and mosaiced fits files for each filter) are av...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], R. Thompson (CSC/STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]), and G. Bacon (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) Selected still images from this video: (click to enlarge): [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/e/still/1/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/e/still/2/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/e/still/3/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/e/still/4/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/e/still/5/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/e/still/6/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/e/still/7/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/e/still/8/ ]
*Description*:> In its 15 years of viewing the sky, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken more than 700,000 exposures and probed more than 22,000 celestial targets as represented by the different colored dots in this map of the sky. All data from April 1990 through March 2005 are represented here. Solar system objects are shown as yellow dots; stars are blue; star clusters are orange; nebulae are green; galaxies are red; galaxy clusters are pink; and other targets such as the Hubble Ultra Deep...
Keywords: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and L. Barranger (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) Selected still images from this video: (click to enlarge): [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/f/still/1/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/f/still/2/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/f/still/3/ ] What is HubbleMinute? The latest news with style ... HubbleMinute is a brief video news report that combines music, narrative, and animations to convey the latest Hubble discovery to the public.
*Description*:> 15th anniversary Hubble Minute on the top science discoveries of the Hubble Space Telescope. Images cover planets, comets, stars, galaxies and almost back to the beginning of time. The story leads up to Hubble's largest images ever revealed. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A...
Keywords: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- COMETS; What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 9.6 arcminutes (87,000 light-years or 27,000 parsecs) wide. About the Data Note: High level science products (combined and mosaiced fits files for each filter) are av...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 9.6 arcminutes (87,000 light-years or 27,000 parsecs) wide. About the Data Note: High level science products (combined and mosaiced fits files for each filter) are av...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - NASA
Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is 9.6 arcminutes (87,000 light-years or 27,000 parsecs) wide. About the Data Note: High level science products (combined and mosaiced fits files for each filter) are av...
Keywords: What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and R. Thompson (CSC/STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ])
*Description*: In its 15 years of viewing the sky, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken more than 700,000 exposures and probed more than 22,000 celestial targets as represented by the different colored dots in this map of the sky. All data from April 1990 through March 2005 are represented here. Solar system objects are shown as yellow dots; stars are blue; star clusters are orange; nebulae are green; galaxies are red; galaxy clusters are pink; and other targets such as the Hubble Ultra Deep ...
Keywords: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Resolves a Dark "x" Across the Nucleus of M51 - *Credit:* H. Ford (JHU/STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]), the Faint Object Spectrograph IDT, and NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ]
*Description*: (four-frame comparison) Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the core of the giant spiral galaxy M51. These images, taken at different wavelengths of light, reveal complex structure and detail in the galaxy's core, which is thought to hide a massive black hole. [upper left] - A ground telescopic image of M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, taken with Kitt Peak National Observatory's 4-meter telescope...
Keywords: M51; Whirlpool Galaxy; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Earth; What -- Visible Light; What -- Discovery; Where -- M51; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and G. Bacon (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) Selected still images from this video: (click to enlarge): [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/b/still/1/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/b/still/2/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/b/still/3/ ]
*Description*:> A zoom into the Eagle Nebula starting with images made from Fuji, NOAO and into the Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys image revealing intricate details of the star-forming cloud of dust and glowing gas. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A...
Keywords: What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and G. Bacon (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) Selected still images from this video: (click to enlarge): [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/d/still/1/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/d/still/2/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/d/still/3/ ]
*Description*:> Tilting up on the Eagle Nebula the camera reveals the fine details captured by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys of a monolithic pillar of gas and dust. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This ima...
Keywords: What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - *Credit:* [Whirlpool Galaxy] - NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], S. Beckwith (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]), and The Hubble Heritage [ http://heritage.stsci.edu ] Team (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]/AURA [ http://www.aura-astronomy.org/ ]) [Eagle Nebula] - NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and The Hubble Heritage [ http://heritage.stsci.edu ] Team (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]/AURA [ http://www.aura-astronomy.org/ ])
*Description*: During the 15 years NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has orbited the Earth, it has taken more than 700,000 photos of the cosmos; images that have awed, astounded and even confounded astronomers and the public. NASA released new views today of two of the most well-known objects Hubble has ever observed: the Whirlpool Galaxy (spiral galaxy M51) [left] and the Eagle Nebula [right]. These new images are among the largest and sharpest Hubble has ever taken...
Keywords: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Earth; What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and G. Bacon (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) Selected still images from this video: (click to enlarge): [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/a/still/1/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/a/still/2/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/a/still/3/ ]
*Description*:> A pan of the Whirlpool Galaxy that reveals the fine details captured by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys across the spiral arms, dust lanes, and galaxy companion. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimension...
Keywords: What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and G. Bacon (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) Selected still images from this video: (click to enlarge): [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/c/still/1/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/c/still/2/ ] [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/12/video/c/still/3/ ]
*Description*:> A zoom pulling out from the center of the Whirlpool Galaxy revealing the fine details captured by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys across the spiral arms, dust lanes and galaxy companion. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec...
Keywords: What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Observes the Supernova in the Whirlpool Galaxy - *Credit:* Robert P. Kirshner/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ]
*Description*: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has returned the most detailed images ever of supernova 1994I which is in the "Whirlpool Galaxy" (M51) located 20 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. The view in this picture encompasses the inner region of the galaxy's grand spiral disk, which extends all the way to the bright nucleus. An arrow points to the location of the supernova, which lies approximately 2,000 light-years from the nucleus...
Keywords: M51; NGC 5194; SN 1994I; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Sun; What -- Earth; What -- Explorer; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- Milky Way Galaxy
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - *Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and The Hubble Heritage [ http://heritage.stsci.edu ] Team (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]/AURA [ http://www.aura-astronomy.org/ ])
*Description*: A detail of the Eagle Nebula (M16) showing a portion of a pillar of gas and dust. Denser clouds are silhouetted against glowing gas and material reflecting light from nearby stars. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparse...
Keywords: M16; Eagle Nebula; NGC 6611; IC 4703; What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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| Hubble Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Spectacular New Images - *Photo Credit:* T.A.Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage, NRAO/AUI/NSF and NOAO/AURA [ http://www.aura-astronomy.org/ ]/NSF) and B.A.Wolpa (NOAO/AURA [ http://www.aura-astronomy.org/ ]/NSF)
*Description*: This wide-field image of the Eagle Nebula was taken at the National Science Foundation's 0.9-meter telescope on Kitt Peak with the NOAO Mosaic CCD camera. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, NGC 5194/5 Object Description: Face-on Spiral Galaxy with Companion Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 29m 52.37s Dec. +47° 11' 40.8" Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance: About 31 million light-years (9.6 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image...
Keywords: M16; Eagle Nebula; NGC 6611; IC 4703; What -- Constellation; What -- Canes Venatici; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Serpens; Where -- Whirlpool Galaxy; Where -- M51; Where -- NGC 5194; Where -- Arizona; Where -- Hamilton
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